A Course of Elementary: Practical Physiology and Histology

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In the following, the descriptions in large type apply more particularly to the rabbit, bat the general directions for dissection serve also for the dog: some points in which the two animals differ, and some which are better seen in the dog, are printed in small type.
A. 1. Make a median incision through the skin, down the whole length of the front of the body from the neck to the pubis, and reflect the skin as far as possible on both sides.
In dissecting a female rabbit note, just underneath the skin, the thin arborescent mammary glands, one to each mamma.
2. Observe the thin, pale, abdominal muscles. It is better to dissect out the individual muscles in the dog as below, but the dissection may be done on the rabbit.
In the dog observe
a. The tendinous aponeuroses of the abdominal muscles forming in the middle line the linea alba.
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